A Birmingham Christian driver has removed handmade “Jesus Loves You” stickers from his car after being warned by his insurer that his cover could be cancelled, a dispute that has prompted support from a Christian legal group and raised fresh questions about how far believers can express their faith in everyday life without risking access
Republican congressman Andy Ogles has lost his bid for renomination in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, a defeat for a Trump-backed incumbent whose brand of hard-line Christian-infused politics and harsh rhetoric toward Muslims had drawn growing scrutiny from both parties. Major outlets projected Ogles’ loss on Aug. 6 after former state agriculture commissioner Charlie Hatcher, a dairy
Legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children in U.S. immigration proceedings has been thrown into uncertainty after the Trump administration allowed a key federal contract to expire on July 31, 2026. The contract funds a nationwide network providing counsel and legal education to more than 20,000 children who crossed the border without a parent or guardian
Iraq’s Christian leaders are cautiously welcoming Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi’s high-profile invitation for Christians who fled war and persecution to return home, even as they warn that deep problems of security, justice and political marginalization remain unresolved. In mid-July, al-Zaidi hosted senior church figures, including Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Mar Paulos III Nona and other bishops,
Benjamin Lewis, a 48-year-old man from Totton in Hampshire, has been given an indefinite hospital order after stealing livestock and hanging the carcasses at churches around the New Forest, in what prosecutors described as religiously aggravated harassment of Christian congregations. The sentencing at Southampton Crown Court followed a series of incidents in which dead lambs
Army chaplains in the United Kingdom say they are witnessing a “quiet revival” among new recruits, marked by more baptisms, fuller chapel services and increased spiritual enquiry, even as official statistics show long-term decline in Christian affiliation across the forces. Reporting by BFBS Forces News, drawing on evidence from the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, describes faith
In recent decades, Uganda has witnessed some of the most shocking abuses of Christian language and imagery anywhere in the world, as fringe movements wrapped violent agendas in the language of prophecy, the Ten Commandments and the end times. From the Lord's Resistance Army in the north to the Movement for the Restoration of the
UN human rights experts and Christian advocacy organizations are warning that Christian girls in Pakistan face a growing pattern of abduction, forced conversion to Islam, and child marriage, with courts and police frequently failing to intervene on their behalf. In an April 2024 statement, a group of UN Special Rapporteurs reported that Christian and Hindu girls
A new Evangelical Alliance study suggests that many young adult Christians in the UK are not retreating from public faith but are actively sharing Jesus, immersed in Scripture and deeply planted in local church life, even as they navigate a contested cultural landscape. In its Faith in Action report, the Evangelical Alliance surveyed just over 600
Across a range of evangelical ministries, teachers are drawing attention to how rarely modern Christians read the twelve Minor Prophets, even though these brief books deliver what one teaching ministry calls a “concentrated punch” of prophetic instruction. Recent essays, lecture series, and practical guides from organizations such as Ligonier Ministries, The Gospel Coalition, and Lifeway